BDAILY.CO.UK – Jan 3 – Online dating comparison site, queek'd, has received £30k after its founder, Elisa McLean, pitched to a Norwegian investor. Launched in early 2016, queek'd asks users to complete a short personality quiz to match them with a dating site that suits their needs.
by Billy Wood
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LA SIGNARE – Jan 3 – Meetic and AttractiveWorld.net has been fined by CNIL (The National Commission for Computing and Freedom) for processing sensitive personal data of its users without their consent.
by Gerome Betterncourt
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DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Jan 2 – Tinder users express frustration as they discover all their potential dates have disappeared. Tinder experienced a similar glitch in March 2016, with thousands of users reporting their matches were gone. The issue was quickly fixed.
by Lauren Ingram
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk
MIRROR.CO.UK – Dec 31 – Police have linked ~500 crimes to the use of dating apps Tinder and Grindr in the past 5 years, including murder, rape and child abuse. Almost a third of these were sexual offences.
by Jack Blanchard
See full article at Mirror.co.uk